Lucky Find

The other day between appointments (hair and optometrist) I stopped in at a local flea market.  I've never had much luck finding anything there, but I'm always hunting for a certain iron skillet to replace one we broke after 30 years.  One booth that I usually gravitate towards first has textiles and old copies of quilting magazines.  Sometimes the owner has an old quilt out, but usually they're stained or made of cotton/poly blends or just plain falling apart.

This time, however, I was very lucky.

It's a beauty!  A hand-stitched grandmother's flower garden quilt top.  There were a few little rust stains here and there, but overall it is in great condition.  The colors look washed out in the photo above, but they are a bit truer below.

Each flower has a pumpkin-orange center with the red, white, and blue print around it.  The outer rings have a wonderful mixture of conversation prints, polka dots, checks and stripes.

It had to come home with me.  Think of it as a rescue mission. 

This now joins the never-ending hand quilting queue.